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UK embassy in Bahrain to stay open despite threatThe British Embassy in Bahrain will remain open today, despite security threats against western powers, said a report. However, it advised its staff to be "extra vigilant" and urged British nationals to avoid large crowd More… |
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Double car bombing kills 44 in DamascusSuicide car bombers struck Damascus on Friday, officials said, sending human limbs flying in the bloodiest violence in Syria's capital since a revolt against President Bashar Al-Assad began nine months ago. An interior ministry spokesman r More… |
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Obama 'approved secret operations in Yemen’President Barack Obama approved secret joint US military and intelligence operations with Yemeni troops that began six weeks ago and killed six regional Al Qaeda leaders, The Washington Post reported. Obama approved a December 24 strike ag More… |
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Qaeda-linked man in bid to blow up US planeA Nigerian man linked to al Qaeda tried to set off an explosive device aboard a US passenger plane as it approached Detroit, but was overpowered by passengers and crew and the aircraft landed safely, officials said. The suspect suffered ex More… |
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Saudi fears militants use Yemen, new tacticsA recent attempt to assassinate Saudi Arabia's security chief has raised concerns over new methods of hiding explosives, as well as Al Qaeda using Yemen to revive its operations against Saudi Arabia, experts say. In August, a suicide b More… |
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Saudi prince spoke to bomber before attackThe Saudi interior ministry issued a recording of a telephone conversation between the prince who heads the kingdom's anti-terrorism campaign and an Al Qaeda militant who tried to assassinate him days later. Last Thursday, a suicide bo More… |
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Iraq seizes ‘Baghdad car bombs group'Iraqi authorities have said they had arrested a policeman and six others accused of being al Qaeda members who staged car bombings in Baghdad the day before a visit by US President Barack Obama. Seven car bombs across the capital on April More… |
